E24: From scratch: A chef and former farmer escapes an abusive relationship and builds a food business and supportive place to call home | Melissa Rebholz of Midge’s Kitchen in Wheeling, WV

I’m excited to invite you to my conversation with Melissa Rebholz, a chef, farmer and the passionate driving force behind Midge’s Kitchen in Wheeling, West Virginia. I initially connected with Melissa back in 2015 when she was farming solo in the rural Appalachian town of Greenville, Tennessee. Several years before I visited, Melissa had left NYC to learn to farm. She moved around to different farm jobs, including a stint in California working at Green String farm. The cost of living in Cal...